Trump also claimed he misspoke on election meddling during his meeting with Putin, saying he meant to say that he sees no reason why Russia would not be responsible.

On Monday, asked if he believed Russia meddled in the election, Trump said: "I will say this, I don't see any reason why it would be."

Trump said Tuesday he should have said, "I don't see any reason why it wouldn't be Russia."

But the president also muddled the walk-back by saying that "other people" also could have been involved in the meddling, a statement similar to remarks he has made in the past casting doubt on Moscow's involvement.

"I accept our intelligence community's conclusion that Russia's meddling in the 2016 election took place," Trump said, reading from a prepared statement before a meeting with Republican lawmakers at the White House.

Then, in an unscripted moment, the president added: "Could be other people also. A lot of people out there."

SPARKS FLY AT SOCIAL MEDIA HEARING: Lawmakers clashed Tuesday at a contentious hearing over claims that social media platforms and tech companies are biased against conservative viewpoints.

Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee said the hearing addressed a serious issue. But Democrats said the hearing, coming one day after President Trump dismissed Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election during a press conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin, was a waste of time.

"This committee has oversight of the Department of Justice," said Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.). "Our president also disparaged the Department of Justice. Are we having a hearing on that? No."

Rep. Jerrold Nadler (N.Y.), the panel's top Democrat, tried to end the hearing early by introducing a motion to end discussion of alleged bias and instead move to an executive session on Russian election interference.

The largely symbolic motion was voted down 12-10.

At the hearing: All three companies said during the hearing that they had seen evidence of Russian election interference on their platforms.

Republicans were undeterred: They pressed ahead with the hearing over how platforms handle conservative content, grilling three Silicon Valley executives: Facebook's head of global policy, Monika Bickert; Twitter's senior policy strategist, Nick Pickles; and YouTube's head of policy, Juniper Downs.

BILL TO REVIVE NET NEUTRALITY GETS HOUSE REPUBLICAN SUPPORTER: A bill that would reinstate the Federal Communications Commission's net neutrality rules has won its first House GOP supporter -- who is also one of the most vulnerable Republicans in this fall's midterms.

"While my bill moves through the Congress, I am taking an 'all of the above' approach by simultaneously signing the discharge petition on the CRA, and introducing my bill," Coffman said in a statement.

CRA bills allow Congress, with a simple majority in each chamber and the president's signature, to overturn recent agency actions. The net neutrality CRA bill passed the Senate with three Republican votes earlier this year.

Coffman's new bill, the 21st Century Internet Act, would restore prohibitions on internet service providers blocking, throttling or prioritizing web content, according to a fact sheet put out by his office.

CAUSE FOR CONCERN? A major U.S. voting machine manufacturer revealed that it installed remote-access software on some election management systems that it sold in the early 2000s, according to a letter released by a Democratic senator on Tuesday.

It comes amid sustained scrutiny over the security of U.S. election systems following Russian interference in the 2016 election.

In the letter to Wyden that was first reported by Motherboard and obtained by The Hill, ES&S said that it "provided pcAnywhere remote connection software on the EMS workstation to a small number of customers between 2000 and 2006." The software was installed on voting management systems, ES&S said, to help with troubleshooting.

State and local election officials use these management systems to administer elections. In some cases, they hold software used to program digital voting machines. The systems are also used to tabulate final results of the voting process. ES&S also insisted in the letter that remote access software was never installed on any actual vote-tallying devices.

The company said that it discontinued the use of the software in 2007, after the U.S. Election Assistance Commission issued new guidelines requiring that voting management systems be not be connected to an outside network.

WHO'S IN THE SPOTLIGHT? MEET THE TECH GURU IMPROVING THE DNC'S CYBERSECURITY: When Raffi Krikorian joined the Democratic National Committee (DNC) as chief technology officer, the party was still reeling from its devastating loss in 2016 -- and the stunning cyberattacks that resulted in high-level officials' emails being embarrassingly leaked online.

In his first year at the DNC, Krikorian has brought his Silicon Valley skills to bear in the political world, laser-focused on beefing up the security know-how of the party's staff.

"A lot of what we are trying to do is institute a culture change," Krikorian told The Hill in a recent interview. "How do you get people to report things, how do you get people to be questioning."

The move to politics from an engineering role at Uber's self-driving car arm was something Krikorian had been mulling for a while. He says he was approached about leadership positions at the U.S. Digital Service during the Obama administration and on former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton's campaign tech team.

But he said the trigger was the 2016 election.

"When the election was over, I was just like, crap," Krikorian said. "Maybe I could have been part of it earlier, I don't know."

SINCLAIR DEFIANT AFTER FCC SETBACK: Sinclair Broadcast Group is sticking by its proposed $3.9 billion merger with Tribune Media despite a major setback for the deal at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).

On Monday, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai, who has been a reliable ally for Sinclair since taking over the agency, announced that he had "serious concerns" with the deal's legality and proposed sending it before an administrative law judge -- a process that's usually a deal-killer for such mergers.

But Sinclair came out with a defiant statement Monday night saying that it remains committed to the deal.

"We are prepared to resolve any perceived issues and look forward to finalizing our acquisition of Tribune Media," Ronn Torossian, a company spokesman, said in a statement.

"The proposed merger of Sinclair Broadcast Group and Tribune Media will create numerous public interest benefits and help move the broadcast industry forward at a time when it is facing unprecedented challenges. We look forward to working with regulators to make the merger a reality."

In a letter sent to Bezos on Tuesday during the internet giant's "Prime Day" promotion, Ellison accused Amazon of not doing enough to stop the sale of products that promote hate speech.

"For a company with a policy prohibiting the sale of 'products that promote or glorify hatred, violence, racial, sexual, or religious intolerance or promote organizations with such views,' there appear to be a disturbing number of groups with hateful, racist, and violent agendas making money using Amazon's platform," Ellison wrote.

Last week, a report released by the Partnership for Working Families and the Action Center on Race and the Economy found that white supremacist and Nazi merchandise was widely available on Amazon, including in the form of children's clothing and toys. Read more here.

IN OTHER PRIME DAY HEADACHES FOR AMAZON: Shoppers looking to cash in on Amazon's Prime Day faced website glitches that prevented them from completing their purchases on Monday.

Many shoppers had issues on the site at the start of Prime Day, which provides additional discounts and deals for Amazon Prime members. This year's Prime Day began on Monday at 3 p.m., and will continue through the end of the day Tuesday.

TWITTER SUSPENDED 58 MILLION ACCOUNTS IN THREE MONTHS: Twitter suspended at least 58 million accounts in the last quarter of 2017 according to numbers reviewed by the Associated Press.

The new figure comes after the company confirmed that it separately booted another 70 million fake accounts from its platform between May and June.

Twitter has been aggressively cracking down on fake accounts that have long plagued its platform. Analysts have speculated that Twitter in the past has been reluctant to kick off such users out of fear of hurting its user growth numbers.

The companies stock initially took a brief hit after news of its move to remove accounts.

Twitter's willingness to ramp up enforcement might be influenced by its rising financial fortunes. Wall Street had downplayed the stock for years, but the company has been gaining favor with investors as it moves to significantly raise users and interaction.

ICYMI: House Republicans grilled former FBI lawyer Lisa Page behind closed doors on Monday as they sought to make the case that bias influenced the bureau's investigations of President Trump and Hillary Clinton. BUT, President Trump's wild press conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin largely overshadowed her appearance. Read more about Page here.